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Who will help to eat the harvest?

After a successful harvest I had to decide what to do with all the fruit. I decided to set up a free fruit bowl on reception at Kingstanding Leisure Centre. The damsons soon got eaten followed by apples the next day.

I also decided to try making apple, damson and plum juice and damson rum. Damson [...]

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The fruits of Erdington- First fruit harvest

A very successful days fruit harvesting took place on 18th September. Following a bike research tour of fruit trees recommended by local people on a lovely sunny day, I visited several of the most promising sites to try and harvest some fruit… Just look at the results! Russets, eating and cooking apples, damsons and plums!
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WANTED: FRUIT!

PREPARE is looking for unused fruit growing in the Erdington ward area to harvest and distribute to local people. There are many fruit trees in gardens and in public spaces with tonnes of fruit every year including plums, apples, pears and damsons that for many reasons do not get picked. The fruit will be harvested by [...]

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Painting on Film

As part of what we are doing at The Pump, Reel Access will be running a regular running painting on film class at the venue. This class is open to anyone who has an interest in this alternative and unusual form of animation. You don’t need a camera to produce it as such all [...]